New York State Insider: New York State Assemblyman Tom Abinanti 92nd District.

 

Equality Amendment

In response to the truly reactionary decision by the United States Supreme Court in overturning Roe v.Wade, we in the Legislature passed the Equality Amendment to the New York State Constitution that would give Constitutional protection for the right to an abortion and against discrimination based on disability and sex.        To become effective, this Amendment  must be passed again     next year by the Legislature and then by a majority of New York voters in a general election.        Here is the language that we passed.

§ 11. a. No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of this state or any subdivision thereof. No person shall, because of race, color, ethnicity,  national  origin, age, disability, creed [or], religion, or sex, including  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity,  gender expression,  pregnancy,  pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy, be subjected to any discrimination in [his or  her]  their civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any  agency  or  subdivision  of  the  state, pursuant to law.